Hey Thomas!I am following your marathon training program for a 4-hour marathon (20 weeks).At week 13, I ran a half marathon here in Greece as part of my training.My finishing time was 1.54.54 official timing – on course to smash the 4-hr marathon!It’s 7 weeks to my marathon race (Athens Authentic… Read more “Half-marathon during marathon training”

Hey Thomas,Thanks for your help throughout my marathon training journey!It really helped me prepare and improve my running technique 🙂

I’ve just completed my 1st marathon last Sunday, and couldn’t be more proud of myself and also be thankful for the amazing support from Marathon Handbook – which helped me so much!I had a few issues on race day – my GPS stopped in the middle of the course, and we had some unexpected… My finishing time was 4hrs 44min and I’ve already promised to myself get a much better one in the next race!Read more “First marathon success!”

On signing up to my first marathon I was extremely fortunate to come across Thomas’ 4-hour marathon training schedule, which I tweaked slightly to fit around my travel commitments.What followed was a weekly e-mail packed full of useful tips which prevented me from making any rookie errors along the way.One of the most useful tips… I would certainly recommend Marathon Handbook to anyone – particularly first-time marathoners!Read more “Sub 4-hr marathon success!!!”

I prepared to the best of my ability, following the training plan and using the Marathon Handbook diet and gear guides.My race was quite an experience . . . it was already pretty hot, and the weather became very humid.I started with my heart pounding very heavily, gradually it slowed down. Up to… hahahaahha! hurray yessss I did it, I made it, I made it… I could not express my feeling, how happy I was, I couldn’t believe myself!After this I’m still surprised I can call myself a marathon runner!Read more “Can’t believe I’m a marathon runner…!”

“Your lessons were really helpful . . . they greatly helped me to achieve what I thought was impossible. I cannot describe the euphoria and satisfaction I felt days after running the marathon!”

WOOHOO!!!Just dropping in to say I had my full marathon this weekend!!When we started running in downpouring rain! I crushed my first half and had a little bit of a slow down around mile 17. I cried at mile 20 and got a fantastic second wind at mile 23 and flew across… My knees are still feeling a little hot and the outside of my right foot is in rough shape but, I can’t wait for my next race, I loved it so much!Thank you thank you THANK YOU for supporting me throughout this training journey!! Read more “Thank you thank you THANK YOU!”